East Asia is leading the way in sustainable architecture with its Xinjin District in Taipei, where Parisian architecture studio Vicent Callebaut Architectures is building an eco-friendly residential tower. In 2010 the firm was the winner of a competition for building a sustainable tower and now the plans for the Tao Zhu Yin Yuan Tower are starting to become reality. Images shared by the architecture firm show that the tower is almost ready and has a futuristic spiral structure, but the most incredible part is the building’s capacity of absorbing carbon dioxide. Continue reading “This Twisting Carbon-Absorbing Tower in Taipei Will Soon Be Completed” »
Sockholm’s Vasa Museum is home to one of the most iconic ships ever pulled out by archaeologists from deep-sea waters, and it goes by the name of Vasa.
The ship is a 17th-century treasure, fully preserved Continue reading “17th-Century Warship Pulled From Icy Baltic Sea Is Almost Perfectly Preserved” »
Mitchell Miner is a 15-year-old boy from Iowa, who won over the Internet after being caught on camera while taking a nap with his cow.
Yes, you’ve read that well, as Mitchell and his cow Audri have participated at the Iowa State Fair dairy kettle show. After a day full of visitors and events, they took a long-awaited nap and the boy’s father managed to immortalize the adorable moment on camera. Continue reading “Tired Boy And His Cow Lose Out At Dairy Fair Fall Asleep And Win The Internet” »
Did you know that the residents of Iceland believe in the existence of elf and fairies and that they live deep in the woods bringing good luck to those who treat their habitat with kindness?
Well, it looks like the inhabitants of Surrey are as well treating their local fairies with respect as some mysterious tiny doors appeared recently in the woodland. Continue reading “Fairy doors appear in Surrey woodland and they look magical” »
Hussam Saraf from Australia broke an interesting record by owning a tree that bears 10 different types of fruit.
Saraf lives in Shepparton, Australia where he works at a school as a multicultural officer and considers the peculiar Continue reading “This man won a Guinness World Record for his tree that bears 10 types of fruit” »
A new center for homeless veterans has opened recently on the Central Coast in Santa Cruz County. The resort was rented to the county’s Veteran’s Memorial Building Trustees and is located close to Highway 9, in Ben Lomond. Continue reading “A resort will now be used to house homeless veterans” »
Strava is the preferred app for most cyclists and runners, as they can track their performance, share it with others and build a community of like-minded peers. But the pandemic has brought some new uses of Strava, and with all the free time, users became more and more creative and started creating patterns while running and tracing their moves with the help of GPS. Continue reading “Cyclist Bikes Hundreds of Miles to Sketch Elaborate Drawings Using GPS Routes” »
People cope with loss in different ways, but everyone goes through the stages of grief. One common stage is the one in which people want to bring an homage to their deceased loved one and celebrate their life. This phase can bring out a lot of creativity and extraordinary things can come out of this stage. Continue reading “75-Year-Old Artist Memorializes His Late Cat in Scenes of Giant Topiary Gardens” »
Science classes can be scary sometimes, especially if you’re not used to doing out-of-the-box experiments. One bold anatomy teacher thought of an alternative way to teach his student some real-life skills in his class called “World Discovery Seminar”. Continue reading “Alaska High School Teacher Hunted a Moose and had his Students Butcher the Animal to Learn Life Skills” »
